Plant sterol-enriched milk tea decreases blood cholesterol concentrations in Chinese adults: A randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 978-983

  Li, Nicole Y ^a   Li, Keji ^b   Qi, Zhi ^b   Demonty, Isabelle ^c   Gordon, Michelle ^c   Francis, Lesley ^a   Molhuizen, Henri O F ^c   Neal, Bruce C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Cholesterol; Plant sterols; Randomised controlled trials

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEA; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYTOSTEROLS; TEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 35148871687     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507754302     Document Type: Article

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